The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-26


after the routine business was transacted
elected officers for the ensuing year.
Tillman Farr, an old citizen of Chatta-
hoochee county, was stricken by paralysis
on Saturday He was going to VanHorn's
mill, and just before reaching there he was
paralyzed. He was taken to the residence
of Mr.. VanHorn, and at last accounts he
was speeches. and in precarious condition.
At midnight on Saturday Town Marshal
Cooper, of Harlem, was shot behind the
twelfth rib, the bali running around bis abb
domen, by an unknown negro. The citizens
are highly Infatuated. If the negro is
caught it is apprehended he will be lynched.
Cooper was not necessarily fatally injured,
but is dangerously hurt.
As an indication of heavy yield and a
fat harvest, farmers say that cotton TO 9
inches high has a longer tap root now than
it did last year, when it was from knee to
waist high, During the dry weather the
young cotton plant has been going down and
getting good hold instead of running up to
weed. There is good sense in the statement.
The first military burying in Perry since
the war occurred there Thursday. Mr.. c.
A. Davis, First Corporal of the Macon
Volunteers, was brought from Macon, sick,
to his fathers home about two weeks ago
and died Monday. The Macon Volunteers,
in command of Capt w. W Carnes, came
down Tuesday to pay the last tribute to the
memory of their comrade.
A match game of base ball was played at
Chipley on Saturday between the Stinson
Stars and the Chipley Chips, which resulted
in favor of the Chipley Chips by score of
Is to S 1t was quite spirited game, being
the first match game majority of the
Chipley club ever played, while the Stinson
club have been in several, they deserve the
more credit for having won it.
Deputy Collector Moses and Deputy Mar
shal j. n Carter went into White county
Friday evening and seized an 50 gallon cop
per still, cap and worm, 1900 gallons of
beer, seven gallons of whisky, and captured
j. n. Bryant. Bryant was taken before
Commissioner CASTOR, at Gainesville, and
committed to Fulton county Jail in default
of bond. He is an old offender.
Rev Mr.. Armstead delivered lecture at
the court house at Sylvania Saturday night
ON THE Negro He held that the ''brother
in black" must either be removed from our
midst or eventually exterminated. His
plan to get rid of them is for the United
States to purchase a couple or so of islands
in the Great Antilles group, and then con-
struct several Great Easterns and transport
the whole race thither.
A private fishing party of ladies and gen
tlemen left Tennille Monday for Harris ford.
time to catch the rain. Some had dinner,
some had none; but all, more or less caught
fair share of the rain, after which they
folded their lunch baskets and silently wend-
ed their way home without fish. One party
of gentlemen had the misfortune of breaking
buggy pole and the fun of getting it spliced
in the rain.
Concord is a growing city, situated sixteen
miles south of Griffin on the Georgia Mid
land. When the new year of 1887 dawned
it was a quiet retired little village but the
past five months have made wonderful
change. There have been twenty nice resi-
dences erected, and as many more are in
contemplation. The hammers and saws of
the busy carpenters are heard all day long.
jeff Lee is completing fine hotel, and J. T.
Price is just putting the finishing touch to a
splendid four-story cabinet shop and buggy
repository.
In order to keep the negroes from going
about at night from Mr.. Smiths saw mill,
near jug Tavern, George r. Lewis, the
sawyer, told them that Bob Moons ghost
came back every night and examined the
machinery, as he used to do when he was
sawyer. They were so thoroughly convinced
that one of them says he is sure he has seen
him, and recognizes the peculiar ring of the
saw when it is struck by the unwelcome
visitor. Bob was good saw mill hand and
full of vim, but these negroes cannot appre>
ciate visit thus.
Rev Simon Peter Richardson, of Athens,
| at Oconee street Methodist Church Sunday
| night, went for the Salvation Army without
| gloves. He spoke of the members as
| religious tramps and condemned their ways
| and methods. He showed by the Bible that
| their way of doing business was not ortho-
| dox, and made a strong appeal to the church
| to keep clear of all such freaks. The sermon
| was a strong one, and has been generally
| Endorsed. The Salvationlsts are not doing
| much in Athens The meetings are well
| enough attended, but the interest manifested
| is due entirely to curiosity and not of a
| religious nature. Several members have
| departed, but the remaining few still con-
tinue to hold the fort.
Hoover, the agitator, landed in Madison
| Monday on the up train from Augusta in
| a pitiable condition, with the wound in his
face all exposed. At first the people were
| incensed when they learned that such a
party was at the hotel and he was advised
| to leave, By the 5 O'Clock train he was met
by his wife, who, seeing his condition, be-
| came very much affected, and asked that he
| be allowed TO stay until in condition to
| travel. One or two, whose sense of Justice
and humanity was greater than their in
| dignation, insisted that it was not right to
drive human creature off in that condi-
| ton, no matter what he had done elsewhere
Then, too, was the softening influence of a
woman's tears, and he was allowed to GO
| back to the Madison House His wife asked
| for physician and Dr. Hollingsworth re
| sponded but said he could not tell the ex.
tent of his injuries. He will be strongly re.
quested TO leave as soon as he is able to
travel.
On Saturday the Methodist Sunday
school, of Elberton, accompanied by their
| friends and well-wishers, went on an excur.
sion up the Elberton Midland to Franklin
Springs, where they spent the day in de-
hghtful enjoyment. The fare was put in reach
of all, being only Csc. for the round trip Oh
the railroad. There was about 900 excur.
sionists on board the train, and the crowc
was considerably augmented by parties
from Gainesville and other points, making
the crowd at the springs at least ZOO strong
w. A. Roystsn, the proprietor of the
springs, very kindly threw open his large
hotel and the adj acent cottages to the use
of the Sunday school and its friends. which
added greatly to the pleasure of the day. Az
noon magnificent repast was spread under
the shade of the trees to which everybody
was invited and TO which ample Justice was
done. The party returned TO Elberton at {
| O'Clock in the evening without an accident
Of any kind to mar their pleasure, and per
| fectly delighted with the result of their an.
nual picnic.
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